To commemorate 20 years since Dishwalla Pet Your Friends Album was released, I am releasing an acoustic, stripped down version of the songs in the way I initially wrote them. The Album is titled ‘Stripped’ and will feature the #1 hit ‘Counting Blue Cars’, along with 10 other of Dishwalla’s most popular songs. The songlist has been created by my fans over two decades of requests.

This text aims to give an overview of the previous Sitges Conferences, which have been held during the last 25 years, with special emphasis on topics related to non-equilibrium phenomena. It includes review articles and articles dealing with new trends in the subject, written by scientists who have played an important role in the development of this area.